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the country yesterday and syria is bracing for more unrest as rebels continue to battle troops loyal to president bashar al assad. ugandans could face life in prison for same sex acts. the acts are already illegal in the east african nation. gays and lesbians are seen as social outcasts and some beaten to death. but a new new law before the parliament would the crack down even more. human rights activists say they are outraged. >> less than 48 hours into a fragile cease fire between israel and hamas, a deadly shooting. one young palestinian was killed and many more were wround wounded in a buffer zone near the israeli/gaza border. a week of fighting saw an unlikely coming together. cnn's sara sidner found proof in a hospital in tel aviv. >> 4-year-old yosef is listening to a bedtime story but he's not at home safe in bed. he's in the hospital, a victim of an age old conflict that has shattered his family life. he and his parents were staying inside this apartment building in southern israel when a rocket from gaza slammed into it. the blast sheered off several of joseph's tiny finger
the country yesterday and syria is bracing for more unrest as rebels continue to battle troops loyal to president bashar al assad. ugandans could face life in prison for same sex acts. the acts are already illegal in the east african nation. gays and lesbians are seen as social outcasts and some beaten to death. but a new new law before the parliament would the crack down even more. human rights activists say they are outraged. >> less than 48 hours into a fragile cease fire between...
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it's to be the first of its kind from iraq to syria. some 2.5 syrians are in need of aid since the civil war. more than 4,000 syrians have fled to near by countries. >>> more than 60 years ago as world war ii was drawing to a close, an army colonel wrote a story. and wrote music. for decades it was dormant but this week the u.s. army band performed the work, giving the composer his first chance to here the work. >> my name is harold van huglen, and my age is 93. i'm a veteran of world war ii. in 1945 i was stationed in new orleans, louisiana at the new orleans army airbase, and i was an instructor. the peace in europe had already been written in april of that year. so they said we can do anything we want to. i decided to write a symphony. during those 70 years when it sat on the shelf, i would look at it every once in a while and think, why isn't this being played? >> my brother and i came upon the bound copy of the symphony. i talked with senator carl, a senator from michigan where my dad lives. senator levin wrote a letter to the defe
it's to be the first of its kind from iraq to syria. some 2.5 syrians are in need of aid since the civil war. more than 4,000 syrians have fled to near by countries. >>> more than 60 years ago as world war ii was drawing to a close, an army colonel wrote a story. and wrote music. for decades it was dormant but this week the u.s. army band performed the work, giving the composer his first chance to here the work. >> my name is harold van huglen, and my age is 93. i'm a veteran of...
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very successful agreement between israel and syria to keep the peace. so, you know, this is another area that israel is focusing on very carefully, very concerned about but not too worried at the moment that it's likely to grow into a real confilgration. gaza is where all the attention is focused at the moment. >> we know you have a busy day ahead. we appreciate you taking time from tel aviv. thank you. >>> today congress will hold the first formal inquiry into the deadly raid on ben gghazi that left four americans dead. david petraeus who was stejed to day before he resigned as cia director will now testify tomorrow revealing what he learned from his own independent investigation into the ben gaz i didn't remember -- benghazi attack. including john mccain and lundcy graham are calling for a watergate style investigation into the libya raid and the obama administration's response. the men also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state. describing rice as unqualified for the job after she originally ch
very successful agreement between israel and syria to keep the peace. so, you know, this is another area that israel is focusing on very carefully, very concerned about but not too worried at the moment that it's likely to grow into a real confilgration. gaza is where all the attention is focused at the moment. >> we know you have a busy day ahead. we appreciate you taking time from tel aviv. thank you. >>> today congress will hold the first formal inquiry into the deadly raid on...
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. >>> and dramatic video here from the civil war raging in syria. rebels claim to have shot down the military helicopter you see here with a surface-to-air missile. also, today, at least 34 people were killed in twin car bombings near the capital of damascus. >>> and the florida socialite caught up in the cia sex scandal is fighting back, trying to reclaim her reputation. attorneys for jill kelley are accusing a new york businessman of defaming kelley, suggesting she try to use her connections to general david petraeus to broker a foreign business deal. kelley's legal team claiming government sources are responsible for leaks to the media about kelley's personal life. >>> and a frightening case of road rage in oakland, california. take a look. a pair of men pulling up to a couple, recording their reckless driving. and as you can see here, one of the men waved a gun. the other tried to jump into the couple's car, shooting at them. but then missing. the men were arrested a few hours later. >>> if you thought traveling for thanksgiving was expensive, b
. >>> and dramatic video here from the civil war raging in syria. rebels claim to have shot down the military helicopter you see here with a surface-to-air missile. also, today, at least 34 people were killed in twin car bombings near the capital of damascus. >>> and the florida socialite caught up in the cia sex scandal is fighting back, trying to reclaim her reputation. attorneys for jill kelley are accusing a new york businessman of defaming kelley, suggesting she try to...
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very successful agreement between israel and syria to keep the peace. so, you know, this is another area that israel is focusing on very carefully, very concerned about but not too worried at the moment that it's likely to grow into a real confilgration. gaza is where all the attention is focused at the moment. >> we know you have a busy day ahead. we appreciate you taking time from tel aviv. thank you. >>> today congress will hold the first formal inquiry into the deadly raid on ben gghazi that left four americans dead. david petraeus who was stejed to day before he resigned as cia director will now testify tomorrow revealing what he learned from his own independent investigation into the ben gaz i didn't remember -- benghazi attack. including john mccain and lundcy graham are calling for a watergate style investigation into the libya raid and the obama administration's response. the men also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state. describing rice as unqualified for the job after she originally ch
very successful agreement between israel and syria to keep the peace. so, you know, this is another area that israel is focusing on very carefully, very concerned about but not too worried at the moment that it's likely to grow into a real confilgration. gaza is where all the attention is focused at the moment. >> we know you have a busy day ahead. we appreciate you taking time from tel aviv. thank you. >>> today congress will hold the first formal inquiry into the deadly raid on...
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first, on the phone from northern syria, cnn's arwa damon. arwa, you have been inside, and we understand a lot of the communications is now down across syria. what do we know? >> reporter: can i tell you right now the area i'm in at the very least there is no cell phone reception or no power. people are telling us that this has been the case for quite some time now, and this particular area, in fact, they say that the internet has been shut down for three to four months. we're hearing reports of various internet blackouts taking place throughout the entire country. op sfwligs active i says saying this is a tactic that the assad regime has used in the past, although not as widespread as it seems to be in this case. we've been traveling quite extensively over the last two days, and what is quite striking is that areas, neighborhoods, cities that, one could not travel through, say, two months ago because they were under the control of the assad regime or because they were battle zones are now beginning to have signs of civilian life returning to
first, on the phone from northern syria, cnn's arwa damon. arwa, you have been inside, and we understand a lot of the communications is now down across syria. what do we know? >> reporter: can i tell you right now the area i'm in at the very least there is no cell phone reception or no power. people are telling us that this has been the case for quite some time now, and this particular area, in fact, they say that the internet has been shut down for three to four months. we're hearing...
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the next step for the rebels is the friends of syria meeting in morocco. hard to think anybody being friendly with images like that. secretary of state hillary clinton will be at that meeting and actually may announce if the united states is formally going to recognize this new group of unified opposition members as actually representative of syrian people. >> we are doing what we can to support the opposition, but also to try to support those inside syria, particularly in the local councils who are committed to the kind of continuity in the syrian governmental institutions so we don't see a collapse and disbandment of institutional forces that we know from our iraq experience could be extremely dangerous. >>> cnn's ivan watson is live with us now from istanbul in neighboring turkey. ivan, a lot of people got a chill about this blackout effectively a communications blackout. do we know for sure that it is the government of syria that effectively cut its country off from the rest of the world, or is there something else afoot? >> reporter: we don't know exa
the next step for the rebels is the friends of syria meeting in morocco. hard to think anybody being friendly with images like that. secretary of state hillary clinton will be at that meeting and actually may announce if the united states is formally going to recognize this new group of unified opposition members as actually representative of syrian people. >> we are doing what we can to support the opposition, but also to try to support those inside syria, particularly in the local...
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ambassador to israel and syria. ambassador, britainan's former prime minister, or the prime minister currently secretary former -- let's try that dpen. the former secretary and israeli ground invasion of gaza would cost israel a lot of international support. do you agree with that? >> yes, i do, because in 2008-2009 israel conducted a ground invasion of gaza. there were many, many casualties. over 1,400 on the palestinian side. i believe 300 on the israeli side. it was a major military movement that is very disruptive to the stability of the region, and basically the end result was that israel conducts these operations very necessarily to protect its population, especially in the south of israel from rocket attacks from hamas and palestinian islamic jihad, but at the end of the day as someone said, it is just mowing the grass. every time it goes in and goes out, it goes in the interim the ham whereas and these other groups rebuild their rocket arsenals and then after a hiatus of a year or two we're back in the same
ambassador to israel and syria. ambassador, britainan's former prime minister, or the prime minister currently secretary former -- let's try that dpen. the former secretary and israeli ground invasion of gaza would cost israel a lot of international support. do you agree with that? >> yes, i do, because in 2008-2009 israel conducted a ground invasion of gaza. there were many, many casualties. over 1,400 on the palestinian side. i believe 300 on the israeli side. it was a major military...
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. >> eliot: let's switch gears to where there is a continuing cycle and degradation of life in syria. you have spoken about this passionately. it's getting worse and worse. 400,000 refugees. it's going across the borders of turkey jordan, israel. what's happening now. >> there was an agreement reached by the syrian opposition to form this new national council led by a former islamist imam from syria. whether he can hold this together remains to be seen. this is a legitment government. he needs arms. he needs no fly zones. unless he gets these. they have the means to pummel the people of syria. >> eliot: is now to step in to provide arms. >> i take the pronoun we and apply it to the turks on the one hand and the jordannens on the other. let them have the support that they need, whether from the united states or elsewhere, for them to do what is necessary to create those no fly zones. for the state department to stop acting from mrs. clinton or the u.s. government to stop acting and kicking and screaming and supporting the french. if the french want to do this as the former colonial pow
. >> eliot: let's switch gears to where there is a continuing cycle and degradation of life in syria. you have spoken about this passionately. it's getting worse and worse. 400,000 refugees. it's going across the borders of turkey jordan, israel. what's happening now. >> there was an agreement reached by the syrian opposition to form this new national council led by a former islamist imam from syria. whether he can hold this together remains to be seen. this is a legitment...
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. >>> and at this hour, much of syria is now cut off from the outside world, as the bloody civil war there intensifies. internet service has been down for more than 24 hours. no planes are flying into or out of the capital, damascus. cell phone service also down. government and rebel forces blame each other for the outages. >>> finally, turns out even michael jordan can't break all the rules. a miami country club, at least attempted to show the six-time nba champion the door, banning him because he dared to wear cargo shorts that had many pockets on them, violating a bermuda short only dress code. jordan was on the 12th hole when he was asked to change. when he refused, he was asked to leave and never return. but he is michael jordan. so he decided to play out the 18 before he left. >> who knew cargo shorts were controversial? >> pockets. pockets. >> too many pockets, i guess. >>> now, the stalemate in washington over the fiscal cliff. everyone's taxes are set to go up in just over a month if congress and the white house fail to reach a deal. and the talks blew up yesterday, after re
. >>> and at this hour, much of syria is now cut off from the outside world, as the bloody civil war there intensifies. internet service has been down for more than 24 hours. no planes are flying into or out of the capital, damascus. cell phone service also down. government and rebel forces blame each other for the outages. >>> finally, turns out even michael jordan can't break all the rules. a miami country club, at least attempted to show the six-time nba champion the door,...
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could be getting more involved in the civil war in syria. "the new york times" is reporting the obama administration is considering options, including arming the rebel fighters there who have made progress in recent days in battling bashar al assad's forces. >>> and more trouble for president obama's expected nominee for secretary of state. susan collins says she will not back rice for the job, until more questions on the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya are answered. collins said if president obama nominates senator john kerry instead, he would have no trouble winning confirmation. >>> and breaking news out of new york. lindsay lohan has been arrested again, after a fight at a nightclub here in the city early this morning. she is facing assault charges for allegedly punching a woman in the face. police are not saying how long they intend to keep her in custody. lohan was banned from the club, in fact, earlier this year. police say the woman lohan hit was not arrested. >>> and zig ziglar, the motivational speaker/author, who inspired mi
could be getting more involved in the civil war in syria. "the new york times" is reporting the obama administration is considering options, including arming the rebel fighters there who have made progress in recent days in battling bashar al assad's forces. >>> and more trouble for president obama's expected nominee for secretary of state. susan collins says she will not back rice for the job, until more questions on the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya are answered....
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. >> eliot: one of the major destabilizing factors in the middle east is what is going on in syria. the syrian -- there are a few -- not missiles but some explosions in the golan along the syrian/israeli border. is that also one of the approximate causes that's destabilizing not only what's going on in gaza but what may happen with hezbollah? >> i don't think so. i think that civil war has potential to spread -- it has potential to spread to turkey, to iraq, to jordan, not really to israel. i think that israel lobbed a few shells to warn them to stay away from the border. but no faction sees itself advantaged -- the other factions by getting israel involved. >> eliot: one of the more worrisome developments in the past week, in my mind has been that jordan which has been unfortunately besieged by several hundred thousand refugees from syria is also seeing some domestic violence with riots because of gas prices and jordan had been to a certain extent, the island of stability within the arab world. how do you assess that dynamic? >> that's highly dangerous. the jordan anymonarchy is al
. >> eliot: one of the major destabilizing factors in the middle east is what is going on in syria. the syrian -- there are a few -- not missiles but some explosions in the golan along the syrian/israeli border. is that also one of the approximate causes that's destabilizing not only what's going on in gaza but what may happen with hezbollah? >> i don't think so. i think that civil war has potential to spread -- it has potential to spread to turkey, to iraq, to jordan, not really to...
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monday morning, november 19th, including new violence in the middle east where the violence between syria and libya are threatening to be a whole new war. >> the benghazi investigation, when did the cia know it was a terror attack and why did the white house remove those rernss from u.n. ambassador susan rice's talking points. >>> let's starts with the developing story out of the middle east this morning. we'll start there by telling you about the civilian casualties during the sixth day of rocket strikes between israel and gaza. 80 palestinians have been killed and 600 more injured. among them, 12 people killed last night including four women and four children when an israeli missile targeting a top hamas leader leveled a three-story building. this morning, israeli forces backed by tanks are massed along the edge of the gaza border ready for a potential all out invasion. although president obama says it would be, quote, preferable to avoid a ground war, he is making support of israel clear. >> there's no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outs
monday morning, november 19th, including new violence in the middle east where the violence between syria and libya are threatening to be a whole new war. >> the benghazi investigation, when did the cia know it was a terror attack and why did the white house remove those rernss from u.n. ambassador susan rice's talking points. >>> let's starts with the developing story out of the middle east this morning. we'll start there by telling you about the civilian casualties during the...
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to condemn this terrorism and which ones not to condemn for example suicide bombings that happen in syria on a regular basis the u.s. does not hurry to condemn. them is acts of terror so the word terrorism may have different interpretations in washington often an act of terror may not be condemned as such if it's committed against someone designated by the u.s. as an enemy. and hamas has responded to these arenas told with rocket fire reportedly killing three israelis and my colleague build all spoke to israeli defense forces spokesperson lieutenant colonel at the top of it and he asked if israel's deadly actions were justified. i think that seven hundred rockets a year launched from gaza into israel do not demand justification we have one million israelis which are under immediate danger and they have between fifteen and fifty seconds this more than justifies this operation we took this operation in order to defend the people of israel and can you confirm that you continue this operation with ground invasion. ground invasion is an option we currently have an operational assessment follow
to condemn this terrorism and which ones not to condemn for example suicide bombings that happen in syria on a regular basis the u.s. does not hurry to condemn. them is acts of terror so the word terrorism may have different interpretations in washington often an act of terror may not be condemned as such if it's committed against someone designated by the u.s. as an enemy. and hamas has responded to these arenas told with rocket fire reportedly killing three israelis and my colleague build all...
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syria and russian officials have so far not responded to the reports. >>> overseas tens of thousands are rallying today in cairo's tahrir square protesting what they view as a blatant power grab by president mohamed horsey. with tensions mounting yesterday, morsi appeared to soften his controversial attempt to award himself near absolute power above the reach of the law. in a vaguely worded statement, morsi spokesman backtracked slightly saying that only acts of sovereignty would be immune from oversight. >>> well, u.s. consumers went big this weekend for small business saturday. millions of holiday shoppers spent a total of $5.5 billion during the third annual local business shopping event. mika spent half of that in the south of france. and that's not even counted in that tally. for more on the holiday shopping season and the impact on the economy, let's go right now to cnbc's steve sedwood live in london with us. steve, what's it looking like over there? >> it's looking pretty good. i haven't even started my holiday season shopping. i'll leave that right till the last moment. what
syria and russian officials have so far not responded to the reports. >>> overseas tens of thousands are rallying today in cairo's tahrir square protesting what they view as a blatant power grab by president mohamed horsey. with tensions mounting yesterday, morsi appeared to soften his controversial attempt to award himself near absolute power above the reach of the law. in a vaguely worded statement, morsi spokesman backtracked slightly saying that only acts of sovereignty would be...
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military effort to seize syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons would require upward of 75,000 troops and "the times" reports that senior american officials are concerned that hezbollah has set up camp near the chemical weapons depose. the white house declined to comment. >>> four people were killed in texas when a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans. this is just terrible. it's an accident that happened at a railroad crossing in midland, texas, as the float tried to get around the safety gates and lights. the float was made with a flatbed trailer. in addition to the four deaths, there were 17 people injured. m midland's mayor reacted to the accident. >> this may be one of the most tragic events we've had in our town and it's a sad day. i shook their hands and saw them personally and met their wives. it truly was an honor to be in their presence. these guys are true american heroes. >> that's for sure. secretary of defense leon panetta issued a statement saying he's deeply saddened. the ntsb is sending a team to midland to investigate. >>> well, today i
military effort to seize syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons would require upward of 75,000 troops and "the times" reports that senior american officials are concerned that hezbollah has set up camp near the chemical weapons depose. the white house declined to comment. >>> four people were killed in texas when a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans. this is just terrible. it's an accident that happened at a railroad crossing in midland,...
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there could be a push now to get assad out of syria. >>jonathan: there is a sense among this allies there is an opportunity here, with the british prime minister cameron putting pressure on president obama. in fact, he said yesterday, he wants to talk directing to president obama to find identity what they can do to end the blood should. the prime minister in an interview raised the possibility of providing safe passage for president assad if he agrees to resign. >> that can be anything. anything to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in syria. of course, i would favor him facing the full force of international law and justice for what he has done but anything to get that man out of the country. >>jonathan: there is the possibility now that turkey will deploy u.s. made patriot missiles to their border with syria but they have to have a formal request made by the turkey through nato. >>shepard: a safe exit for assad some have suggested that could be the best way. what does it mean? >>jonathan: officials saying,
there could be a push now to get assad out of syria. >>jonathan: there is a sense among this allies there is an opportunity here, with the british prime minister cameron putting pressure on president obama. in fact, he said yesterday, he wants to talk directing to president obama to find identity what they can do to end the blood should. the prime minister in an interview raised the possibility of providing safe passage for president assad if he agrees to resign. >> that can be...
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that in syria the besieged city of aleppo specifically. a government air strike hit a building next to one of the city's last remaining hospitals. the rebels say at least 15 people died, including a doctor and two children. syrian war planes dropped bombs across aleppo flattening buildings and killing a total of 40 people, but outside the city the rebels are gaining ground. their latest conquest is a flash point border town between syria and iraq. it is used as an army base and filled with weapons, we understand. >> happy thanksgiving. daddy loves you. daddy misses you, and he hopes you have a wonderful great turkey day. gobble, gobble from me, and have a great day. daddy loves you and will see you soon. don't speak. i'll just leave you two alone. [ male announcer ] black friday's back. savings start thursday at 8 pm. more electronics start at 10 pm. the first and only place to go this black friday. walmart. throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7
that in syria the besieged city of aleppo specifically. a government air strike hit a building next to one of the city's last remaining hospitals. the rebels say at least 15 people died, including a doctor and two children. syrian war planes dropped bombs across aleppo flattening buildings and killing a total of 40 people, but outside the city the rebels are gaining ground. their latest conquest is a flash point border town between syria and iraq. it is used as an army base and filled with...
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when it comes to syria, assad does need to go. we need to work with moderates in opposition and provide them with military hardware and support financially so they can do battle. the citizens there, they are being slaughtered by the thousands. when it comes to libya, i thought what happened there is unacceptable. i thought the handling of it was unacceptable. we need to have a full and immediate investigation to make sure we find out what happened. more importantly, iran, my opponents said earlier we need a nuanced approach. there is no such thing. there is only one person who will stand with israel. >> another 30 seconds. >> i have three older brothers, all of whom served in the military. my oldest brother was career military. he served in vietnam. i have some sense of not only how tough and capable they are. that is why i believe the best we can do for our military is be very careful and thoughtful about when we ask them to go to war. we need to have clear objectives. we need to know what our plan is and how we plan to get out.
when it comes to syria, assad does need to go. we need to work with moderates in opposition and provide them with military hardware and support financially so they can do battle. the citizens there, they are being slaughtered by the thousands. when it comes to libya, i thought what happened there is unacceptable. i thought the handling of it was unacceptable. we need to have a full and immediate investigation to make sure we find out what happened. more importantly, iran, my opponents said...
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one is syria, and i'm more worried about syria in terms of middle east than anything. and that is because what we're seeing is everybody says assad wants to to go, but nobody's pushing him off the stage. and the longer he says, the more sectarian the conflict has become, the more it has opened the door to al-qaeda and other terrorist groups. and what you're beginning to see is a sectarian war, sunni versus shia, backed by the saudis and others and iran that is making a sectarian battleground in syria, and it is starting to destabilize lebanon, iraq, jordan and maybe even turkey. and that is bad news. a middle east that is, descends into a sectarian war between sunni and shia is a disaster for all of us. and so i have been arguing for months that the united states needs to do more to hasten assad's departure, that countries in the region like turkey and jordan are begging us to do more. it's not boots on the ground, it's not invading another country. it is trying to help the syrian opposition get organized, be democratic and be inclusive and to give them the wherewithal
one is syria, and i'm more worried about syria in terms of middle east than anything. and that is because what we're seeing is everybody says assad wants to to go, but nobody's pushing him off the stage. and the longer he says, the more sectarian the conflict has become, the more it has opened the door to al-qaeda and other terrorist groups. and what you're beginning to see is a sectarian war, sunni versus shia, backed by the saudis and others and iran that is making a sectarian battleground in...
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syria will not show much of turkey. they are incapable of showing much of israel. the real issue is what is their view towards iran and what will be their goal? >> i don't think that they are in a position that they have much choice. other than taking action. the united states -- present obama has not had israel's accents in office. they continue to enrich uranium and get a nuclear weapon. they want to wipe israel off the face of the map. how can they not take this area sleep? >> the whole dynamic has changed with the sense of the muslim brotrhood in egypt. they are now running the show in egypt. the very first one meeting that the egyptian muslim brotherhood -- there is a new online fair to the israel people and the turks a couple of years ago started reaching out to the iranians, too. now you have the full encirclement of israel by iran. lou: as we look at this, now we turn to northern africa. the role of al qaeda. house intelligence and senate intelligence committees -- do you think they will be forthcoming? >> yes, i do. another network reporting that david atr
syria will not show much of turkey. they are incapable of showing much of israel. the real issue is what is their view towards iran and what will be their goal? >> i don't think that they are in a position that they have much choice. other than taking action. the united states -- present obama has not had israel's accents in office. they continue to enrich uranium and get a nuclear weapon. they want to wipe israel off the face of the map. how can they not take this area sleep? >>...
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and as that fighting intensifies much of syria's internet network has been cut. the government and opposition are blaming each other for the shutdown. whatever the truth, syria's regime is battling these men for its very survival. president assad's helicopters are being shot down. and even a mig jet was filmed tumbling from the sky. this rebel boasting that he's downed both a helicopter and a mig within 24 hours. these surface to air missiles have been looted from captured military bases. what do we first with it a voice can be heard asking. not everybody knows how this newfound firepower works. yet this islamist brigade near damascus now has one. while near aleppo an entirm air defense system seems to have fallen to the so-called daoud battalion which is affiliated however loosely with al qaeda. "these are assad's missiles," say the cameraman and "we have taken them." london and washington may have refused to arm these rebels. but armed they are like never before. >> suarez: and margaret warner takes the story from there. >> warner: for more on today's developme
and as that fighting intensifies much of syria's internet network has been cut. the government and opposition are blaming each other for the shutdown. whatever the truth, syria's regime is battling these men for its very survival. president assad's helicopters are being shot down. and even a mig jet was filmed tumbling from the sky. this rebel boasting that he's downed both a helicopter and a mig within 24 hours. these surface to air missiles have been looted from captured military bases. what...
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what did syria look like after assad goes? the only way was to come up with a political transition agreement that included -- which included representatives of the current regime and of the opposition and got rid of assad and established a time line and a transition, 6-point plan to move towards negotiated transition. that failed. it was the right thing to do. it failed. now we're in a situation where there's almost no -- i mean, there's a u.p. representative out there trying, but right now, there's no prospect for a political horizon, and that means that we've seen this rapid diplomacy sent into armed insurgency and war, and that's why i'm extremely pessimistic -- >> so the answer is -- >> i don't think containment -- >> make sure it stays in syria and does not -- >> i just don't see a limited way the u.s. tips the balance. it sculles the bloodshed, no fly zone, doesn't solve the problem, and nobodiments u.s. troops on the -- nobody wants u.s. troops on the ground so there you go. >> on that cheery note, let's go to questions
what did syria look like after assad goes? the only way was to come up with a political transition agreement that included -- which included representatives of the current regime and of the opposition and got rid of assad and established a time line and a transition, 6-point plan to move towards negotiated transition. that failed. it was the right thing to do. it failed. now we're in a situation where there's almost no -- i mean, there's a u.p. representative out there trying, but right now,...
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heights took fire from syria. israel doesn't want to get involved and spread itself thin in syria. i think that's why international reaction on syria is so important right now. >> it's one of the fault lines in the middle east. i think if you're in israel, it's not the one at the moment that keeps you up the most. the palestinian one is the most, then you've got egypt the anchor. i think israelis are most worried about jordan. the israelis are not central with the dynamic in syria. syria, though, that begin as a civil war then spread into a proxy war has the potential, you're right, to become somewhat of a regional war. just when you thought the middle east can't get worse, it can. >> what's your assessment of pretty much the fact a good portion of the top level of the united states diplomatic/intelligence apparatus, general petraeus, secretary clinton perhaps leaving. where does that leave us, in terms of, you know, the overlap in the least? >> underneath you got thousands of people following intel. and the ambas
heights took fire from syria. israel doesn't want to get involved and spread itself thin in syria. i think that's why international reaction on syria is so important right now. >> it's one of the fault lines in the middle east. i think if you're in israel, it's not the one at the moment that keeps you up the most. the palestinian one is the most, then you've got egypt the anchor. i think israelis are most worried about jordan. the israelis are not central with the dynamic in syria. syria,...
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do have larger fish to fry, like the peace with egypt and israel and we don't wwnt egypt to become syria or chaotic. still, what he did was amazing. >> she w brilliant. he negotiated this deal between israel and tomas. within 24 hours a declared himself anew that he had the uned states under a barrel. >> and the imf. >> and the imf and everyone else because no one wants war in the middle east command he needs a billion and a half dollars a month. lou:the imf reminding today that the good behavior will determine the course of $5 million tranche as they like to refer to this. let's turn to the united nations tomoow, palestinian to limited palestinian. i love the expression. the united nations general assembly. is this the end of the palestinian-israeli conflict? a two-stage solution upon us? help us out here. >> the end of the palestinian-israeli conflict. we will never live that long. i think that this is just yet another little roadbloc and that think it is very important. because if the palestinians get this sort of karzai in the un are at least the ability to be on the international bo
do have larger fish to fry, like the peace with egypt and israel and we don't wwnt egypt to become syria or chaotic. still, what he did was amazing. >> she w brilliant. he negotiated this deal between israel and tomas. within 24 hours a declared himself anew that he had the uned states under a barrel. >> and the imf. >> and the imf and everyone else because no one wants war in the middle east command he needs a billion and a half dollars a month. lou:the imf reminding today...
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. >>> rebels are claiming an important victory saying they now hold one military base in syria. amateur video posted on a social media website showed rpgs being fired during an overnight battle as opposition fighters captured a helicopter base which is near the capital of damascus. and the government bombing of a village near the capital reportedly killed at least eight children. they were just outside playing at the time. just horrible. >>> now for a look at your national weather, let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. he is tracking that weather channel forecast with new video you just got in. >> yeah, there wasn't a lot of bad stuff over the weekend, but this video was found from hurricane sandy. we don't have a lot of pictures of what it looked like on the coastline of new jersey as we approached high tide that monday evening. you can see the water already over the seawall. this is probably three hours before the actual high tide. these waves were just crashing into the seawall. and with the high tide, those were crashing into those homes and just taking the homes out.
. >>> rebels are claiming an important victory saying they now hold one military base in syria. amateur video posted on a social media website showed rpgs being fired during an overnight battle as opposition fighters captured a helicopter base which is near the capital of damascus. and the government bombing of a village near the capital reportedly killed at least eight children. they were just outside playing at the time. just horrible. >>> now for a look at your national...
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. >>> israeli forces fired warning shots into syria, after fighting between syrian rebels fell on an army post in the golden heights. >>> central venice is under water because of heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds. high tide has reached its sixth-highest level since recordkeeping began. >>> the blue gingham dress has sold for $480,000 at auction. >>> and a british woman is divorcing her husband after he refused to re-create scenes from the best-selling erotic novel, "fifty shades of grey." she cites his, quote, boring attitude towards sex, as ed of unreasonable behavior, which is one of five grounds for divorce in the united kingdom. >>> now, your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. a chicago tv station reports that if jesse jackson jr. makes a plea deal with the feds, he would likely mean an agreement from politics. jackson is accused of misusing campaign funds to decorate his washington, d.c. home. >>> karen hughes, the former senior adviser to president george w. bush had scathing comments in a politico of op-ed. if another republican man says a
. >>> israeli forces fired warning shots into syria, after fighting between syrian rebels fell on an army post in the golden heights. >>> central venice is under water because of heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds. high tide has reached its sixth-highest level since recordkeeping began. >>> the blue gingham dress has sold for $480,000 at auction. >>> and a british woman is divorcing her husband after he refused to re-create scenes from the...
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basically delivered up a database of about 500 names of al-qaeda fighters who had come to iraq through syria. so not only were they able to take apart that organization by identifying all those folks and finding them, it also illustrated that the movement, the al-qaeda movement in iraq was primarily a foreign movement not an indigenous. that's one of the things that helped to turn the sunnies getsal al-qaeda. >> eliot: and you highlighted that they would use it and form and see linkages that might not have been possible to see many years back using new software and computer techniques that began to create--sort of out of a science fiction movie where you say these are the links these are the bank it's a and that's how you figure out who is who and where to go. >> well, more than that, eliot general mcchrystal, when he got all of this information took the unusual step of declassifying it, and posting it at the west point combat in terrorism website so anyone in the world could research this data for whatever they wanted. he just basically used the capability of the superintendent to draw on t
basically delivered up a database of about 500 names of al-qaeda fighters who had come to iraq through syria. so not only were they able to take apart that organization by identifying all those folks and finding them, it also illustrated that the movement, the al-qaeda movement in iraq was primarily a foreign movement not an indigenous. that's one of the things that helped to turn the sunnies getsal al-qaeda. >> eliot: and you highlighted that they would use it and form and see linkages...
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i lived in syria. when there is a lot of discussion about things breaking down into sectarianism, i don't see any mention of the fact that syria has probably the largest christian population in the middle east. something like 20 to 30%. i am curious why this is not discussed it if you would comment and how you see that playing out. thank you. >> i don't think we are hearing a lot because that is not the overarching problem in syria. the half-brother, who is with the libyan rebels, they are trying to help the turks get out. so getting out of the country would go a long way to ease getting some of the resources are spilling over from other countries and focusing on their own issues. >> christians are absolutely terrified in syria. that is the bottom line. they saw what happened in iraq for the christian community was largely wiped out out of the fall of saddam and along with most of the other religious communities they see an opposition which is increasingly the public sunni islamist situation. they are
i lived in syria. when there is a lot of discussion about things breaking down into sectarianism, i don't see any mention of the fact that syria has probably the largest christian population in the middle east. something like 20 to 30%. i am curious why this is not discussed it if you would comment and how you see that playing out. thank you. >> i don't think we are hearing a lot because that is not the overarching problem in syria. the half-brother, who is with the libyan rebels, they...
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what did he say about syria? >> reporter: let's talk about that, because what is happening in the golan heights has gone on for the past couple of weeks. there have been several incidents, five now, where either a tank has come into the demilitarized zone from syria, but those tanks pointed back at syria, mortars falling, bullets coming in, several sets of mortars that have fallen. the latest two incidents saw israel responding with fire. israel responded by firing on sunday into syria, saying it is a warning shot, and complaining to the u.n. about the mortars falling on the golan heights. they responded again today with another strike in syria after a mortar fell near a military outpost. but, what we're hearing from the government and from the leaders of this country is that they do believe that the war in syria is simply spilling over and that israel has not been targeted. i asked president shimon peres what he thought about what looks like more and more parts of the war in syria coming over into israel and wha
what did he say about syria? >> reporter: let's talk about that, because what is happening in the golan heights has gone on for the past couple of weeks. there have been several incidents, five now, where either a tank has come into the demilitarized zone from syria, but those tanks pointed back at syria, mortars falling, bullets coming in, several sets of mortars that have fallen. the latest two incidents saw israel responding with fire. israel responded by firing on sunday into syria,...
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but now there are countries of equal importance, syria, egypt, iran, saudi arabia. everybody now has a big thing happening in their country. does that put more pressure now on the leaders of israel and the palestinians to come together and bang their heads together, get a deal done? >> i think so. the world focuses more on 130 palestinians killed, half of them terrorists, than 30,000 syrians, most of them civilians, killed by the assad government, and focus has been taken away from iran, which poses the greatest exstential threat, to the whole region this is a good time to sit down, try to negotiate what everybody knows would be the best solution for both parties it will not solve the hamas/gaza problem. but we can address the west bank problem. >> everybody seems to be nodding. a good moment to leave this for now. thank you, all, very much indeed. >> thank you. >> right back after a short break. [ male announcer ] introducing... a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copay
but now there are countries of equal importance, syria, egypt, iran, saudi arabia. everybody now has a big thing happening in their country. does that put more pressure now on the leaders of israel and the palestinians to come together and bang their heads together, get a deal done? >> i think so. the world focuses more on 130 palestinians killed, half of them terrorists, than 30,000 syrians, most of them civilians, killed by the assad government, and focus has been taken away from iran,...
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attention taken off of syria. and having the arab world come to the rescue of its proxy puppet hamas. >> eliot: ambassador marc ginsburg, thanks for coming on the show, sharing your insights even if it is a mess. >> sure. >> eliot: the election means a new day and a new deal on the fiscal (vo) always outspoken, now unleashed. joy behar. >> i'll talk about surviving thanksgiving with relationship guru iyanla vanzant, and chef michael simon, on say anything. the natural energy of peanuts and delicious, soft caramel. to fill you up and keep you moving, whatever your moves. payday. fill up and go! now imagine the worst case scenario. worse than that. [ woman screaming ] worse. that bad. [ lasers ] so now we need airbags. more airbags. perfect. give it smart brakes that excel in the wet. test it. test it. test it again. now put eyes in the back of its head. ditch the blind spot. [ lasers ] and that's how you make a car for an unsafe world. easy. ♪ ♪ >> eliot: how does hp make a mistake this big and i mean big! our
attention taken off of syria. and having the arab world come to the rescue of its proxy puppet hamas. >> eliot: ambassador marc ginsburg, thanks for coming on the show, sharing your insights even if it is a mess. >> sure. >> eliot: the election means a new day and a new deal on the fiscal (vo) always outspoken, now unleashed. joy behar. >> i'll talk about surviving thanksgiving with relationship guru iyanla vanzant, and chef michael simon, on say anything. the natural...
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except they're inspecting from syria to iran empty, rather than too iran to syria when they have all the weapons aboard. martha? martha: what is interesting. why does iran want to resupply the assad regime? >> reporter: iran is playing for time. the longer syrian civil war goes on the less attention focused on the iranian nuclear program, that is number one. number two, president assad supports hezbollah. that is a key iranian supply route and proxy going on there. the last thing iran wants to continue the sphere of influence around the mediterranean where they have a deepwater port. we're also hearing that hamas and islamic jihad here in the gaza strip are asking iran to resupply them with weapons, specifically the rockets and other things that were that eight-day israeli bombing campaign. so now the iran yage regime will figure out what smuggling route they can use for that to get the weapons into gaza. martha? martha: it is clear the more unrest in that area the more cover it provides for iran and it benefits them in many ways. leland, thank you very much. leland vittert. bill: a
except they're inspecting from syria to iran empty, rather than too iran to syria when they have all the weapons aboard. martha? martha: what is interesting. why does iran want to resupply the assad regime? >> reporter: iran is playing for time. the longer syrian civil war goes on the less attention focused on the iranian nuclear program, that is number one. number two, president assad supports hezbollah. that is a key iranian supply route and proxy going on there. the last thing iran...
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told iran exploited media attention on the israeli-palestinian conflict to expand the arms delivery to syria. special from washington starts at 6:00 eastern now. back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> brian: is that from the movie or johnny cash? do we know? >> dana: don't know. >> brian: we remember casey anthony is a free woman after being acquited of murdering her daughter in 2011. >> did the jury find the defendant not guilty? so say we all. orlando, orange county, florida, 5th day of july, 2011. >> brian: investigators in the case, they checked out a laptop used by casey and missed something on search engine for suffocation methods on the day that casey disappeared. on mozilla firefox. what can they do if they find out about it now is >> kimberly: nothing. it's double jeopardy. they can't retry her. she is acquited of the charges. that is significant. it should haven't been missed. sloppy investigating or if they deliberately didn't include it because there is an allegation it didn't fit with the prosecution's theory. you have to understand this started with the
told iran exploited media attention on the israeli-palestinian conflict to expand the arms delivery to syria. special from washington starts at 6:00 eastern now. back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> brian: is that from the movie or johnny cash? do we know? >> dana: don't know. >> brian: we remember casey anthony is a free woman after being acquited of murdering her daughter in 2011. >> did the jury find the defendant not guilty? so say...
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and you've been to syria and it's an absolute basket case. >> and it is heartbreaking. you see these middle class -- i talked to one woman who a week ago was living this middle class existence with her husband and a nice home in aleppo and a bomb destroys her house and now her husband goes missing and she's living with her family in a white tent in the middle of nowhere. this is happening day in and day out and i think the turmoil in gaza is a gift of president assad. it's a kind of distraction that he's delighted to have. >> the world in the arab community is paying more attention to 30 people being killed in gaza than 30,000 people being killed muslim on muslim and arab on arab and that's disproportionate. >> the arab spring fallout, what is your take on that? >> i think i would like to go back to allen's point which is exactly right. as you and i talked about three nights ago, egypt could be the clear player in this. morsi's been in power now for four and a half months and it would be very important to watch, is he going to be a brag mattist and hang tight to the pol
and you've been to syria and it's an absolute basket case. >> and it is heartbreaking. you see these middle class -- i talked to one woman who a week ago was living this middle class existence with her husband and a nice home in aleppo and a bomb destroys her house and now her husband goes missing and she's living with her family in a white tent in the middle of nowhere. this is happening day in and day out and i think the turmoil in gaza is a gift of president assad. it's a kind of...
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and we have to remember, hamas is still very much is being backed by iran, by hezbollah, by assad of syria, all the murderers and very evil forces in the region that support hamas. it's not their interest of the countries in the region to support hamas. terrorism can spill over. we saw it in egypt. how 16 egyptian soldiers were murdered because of the spillover of terrorism from gaza, ham as. >> all right. thank you very much for coming on and talking about the israeli side of this. we appreciate your time. i want now to get to the other side of the conflict and bring in the chief representative of the general delegation of the palestine liberation organization to the united states. good to talk to you, ambassador and to talk to you again. >> thank you. >> the other day when you were on this program before the cease-fire and i asked you whether you supported hamas, you said when it comes to our differences with hamas we have differences practically. this is normal. but what is happening in the gaza strip, a direct attack on innocent civilians, we're witnessing a deliberate escalation on th
and we have to remember, hamas is still very much is being backed by iran, by hezbollah, by assad of syria, all the murderers and very evil forces in the region that support hamas. it's not their interest of the countries in the region to support hamas. terrorism can spill over. we saw it in egypt. how 16 egyptian soldiers were murdered because of the spillover of terrorism from gaza, ham as. >> all right. thank you very much for coming on and talking about the israeli side of this. we...
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they've got hezbollah on the north, they've got hamas, syria and egypt, and we've got a proxy war by iran. >> and great instability occurring in jordan. look. all of this goes back to things like benghazi because in the aftermath of this administration claiming all kinds of different things about the death of bin laden and now terrorism was done, the reality is the propaganda arms of radical islam to include al-qaeda are out there saying the americans have been driven out of iraq. we're burned their missions, their diplomats are dead and we can do it again. the recruitment drive among the martyrs, the martyr messages going out through these mosques and propaganda organizations have increased ten fold since benghazi. >> here's the question i have. for those that don't understand what's happening, i say we're living through a period, history will describe it as the rise of the radical islamists. am i right? >> that's why i wrote the book. >> shameless self promotion, but that's what's in this book. it's all there. >> you take us into the future. >> yes. >> this is a future where the nr
they've got hezbollah on the north, they've got hamas, syria and egypt, and we've got a proxy war by iran. >> and great instability occurring in jordan. look. all of this goes back to things like benghazi because in the aftermath of this administration claiming all kinds of different things about the death of bin laden and now terrorism was done, the reality is the propaganda arms of radical islam to include al-qaeda are out there saying the americans have been driven out of iraq. we're...